PM Modi should
treat CM Kejriwal nicely
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has
always projected himself against the might of the establishment. He did so as
an activist of the Right to Information campaign and subsequently against
corruption as chief minister of Delhi. Anti-establishment manner continues to
inform his style of governance. Kejriwal
has framed questions of Centre-State relations and of equity and delivery of
basic services in coordinates that have resonance in all of India. As Chief
Minister, Kejriwal has been in constant combat with the Lieutenant Governor and
the Prime Minister, The tussle
between Kejriwal and the Centre has many parts. There is the question of who
should have the last word on certain issues.
Kejriwal’s call for replacing bureaucrats
with professionals and sector experts, as well as his threat to throw out
officers who oppose him and his Cabinet cuts both ways. It indicates an
unwillingness to work within institutional practice. However, it is
a welcome call to reform India's bureaucracy, which borders on the
dysfunctional despite being manned by people who are some of the brightest of
the land.
Modi as Prime Minister of India should
honour the federal values vis a vis Delhi government and other states ruled by
opposition. Most Indians were very happy and much hopeful of a fast developing
country, when Modi became the new PM of India. Similar happiness and great
hopes were associated with AAP’s success in Delhi and Kejriwal becoming the CM
in Delhi. Efficient governance of India and the capital city Delhi are the
earnest longing of the people all over India.
PM Modi being in charge of the whole
country of India as well as Delhi, it is his responsibility to see that Delhi's
CM gets a peaceful and congenial environment to rule the state. Very much so as
Delhi does not have full statehood.
Kejriwal says he is 1/4th CM of a half
State and PM is ruler of the country and that he does not understand why Modi
is mistreating him. There seem to be saliently two reasons. One, a novice
politician like Kejriwal tamed the Ashvmedh horse of Modi in Delhi election and
trounced him with humiliating three MLAs present in the Assembly. BJP has not
yet been able to overcome the humiliation of the shock defeat. Secondly, if the
new experiment of clean and transparent politics is successful, it will be a
great setback to the well-entrenched corrupt, dynastic and criminal politics
which sustains on the basis of mutual understanding of "you scratch my
back I will scratch yours". Hence, both BJP and Congress are hell-bent to
ensure that AAP experiment fails and their traditional style of politics
continues to flourish.
But the common man having been disillusioned
by the criminal, high-handed, arrogant politicians is associating himself with
AAP. It is a revolution.
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